there was the usual litany of chemo and radiation treatments, but phyllis also underwent additional throat surgeries and volunteered for experimental treatments. she suffered in silence. i think she kept a lot of what she was going through to herself. family members admit phyllis cigarette use was probably a factor, but those who watched phyllis withering away wondered if dr. weinberger might have missed a chance to catch phyllis cancer early, which cost her valuable time. regardless of why she got cancer, or how she got cancer or where she got cancer, she should have been able to go to a doctor and expect a certain quality of treatment that she didn t get. in late 2002, perhaps sensing time was not on her side, phyllis barnes hired personal injury lawyer ken allen to sue dr. weinberger for negligence and malpractice. phyllis had the classic signs and symptoms of throat cancer. she was a smoker for many years. she had a cough that wouldn t go away, sore throat, hoarseness.
i m busy. but i love you, phyllis! oh, good. her sister peggy was already here and it was here that she met her husband, daniel barnes, started a family, and began a career in social work, helping displaced steelworkers. it was a government agency that tried to help place people who had lost their jobs in this area. and she really liked that. a big part of that job involved public speaking. but by the time mark weinberger was popping champagne corks in the caribbean that new year s eve, that part of phyllis career was over. surgeons had taken drastic action to fight the advanced cancer in her throat. she ended up losing her voice box. and it was a very disfiguring surgery. but i think she felt like, you know, after all she had gone through that she was going to be okay. and so phyllis barnes soldiered on. there was the usual litany of chemo and radiation treatments, but phyllis also underwent additional throat surgeries and volunteered for experimental treatments.
it was a government agency that tried to help place people who had lost their jobs in this area. and she really liked that. narrator: a big part of that job involved public speaking. but by the time mark weinberger was popping champagne corks down in the caribbean that new year s eve, that part of phyllis career was over. surgeons had taken drastic action to fight the advanced cancer in her throat. she ended up losing her voice box. and it was a very disfiguring surgery. but i think she felt like after all she d gone through, that she was going to be ok. and so phyllis barnes soldiered on. there was the usual litany of chemo and radiation treatments. but phyllis also underwent additional throat surgeries and volunteered for experimental treatments. she suffered in silence. i think she kept a lot of what she
did list and that s what caused the problems. all of this including the audio recordings of the captain speaking to folks both on the two-way radio as well as the on-board ship communications system, could all lead to an answer as to how it was el faro found itself in the position it was in and how it ended up going down. as we know, it was a category 5 hurricane, 120 plus mile an hour winds but more incredibly, waves that exceeded 50 feet. andrea? thank you very much. even as he fights cancer, former president jimmy carter is still doing the work he loves. 91 years old and he s in memphis, tennessee today, building homes with habitat for humanity. carter revealed in august he is undergoing radiation treatments for cancer which has spread to his brain. today he said he feels fine. i ve had four treatments so far, once every three weeks. i continue with those treatments, but it will be a little while before we know what
his brain. we had an mri of my head and neck, and it showed up that it was already in four places in my brain. i just thought i had a few weeks left. but i was surprisingly at ease. reporter: carter smiled and joked with reporters in a 40-minute press conference. the 90-year-old described his life as blessed. i was a state senator, then governor, then president of the united states is obviously a glorious event. and we have a growing family. we have 22 grandchildren and great grandchildren. in his 34-year post president sirngs carter has been a globe trotting humanitarian. a trip to nepal to build houses for the poor may have to be canceled for radiation treatments which begin today. carter s during cited tremendous advances in melanoma treatment. it s really been sort of the progress of cancer research that there are therapies available to patients like president carter